JERRY.—Your verses are very freely written, and give a good deal of promise, though some little errors need correction. Part of the small illustration with pen and ink gives hope of better things to come, and both do you credit; but it must be a matter of consideration whether the verses can be inserted in the G. O. P. You did not have them certified, which is a strict rule of ours when selecting amateur contributions. A COUNTRY MEMBER OF THE G. F. S.—You appear to be in a very sad state of health, and to need change of air, good diet, and perhaps, when suffering from an attack of neuralgia, a tonic; but the latter should be prescribed by a doctor. ALBERTA ROXLEY.—1. You do not give a sufficiently explicit description of the “Hymn to Music” for us to divine which you mean. 2. The “Wide, Wide World” has no sequel. Why are all our girls so crazy about sequels? There are very few written, and a good thing too; a new story is better than an old dish warmed up. LITTLE PUSS should ask her mother or governess for suitable books to read. Some on natural history would be interesting, as well as necessary for her to study. ONE ANXIOUS TO KNOW.—Should a husband die intestate, but leave a wife and a sister, half goes to the wife and the other half to his sister, or his brother, as the case may be. If the man had had children, the wife would only have had a third instead of half. WEE WILLY WANKIE.—1. It depends on the age and size of your boy companion. The less little girls of fifteen walk in the London streets (the squares and certain residential quarters excepted) the better, if without a lady companion much older than themselves, or a maid. 2. What a ridiculous question your second is! “At what age should a girl become engaged?” There is no “should” about the matter, and there is no special age either. Any age after twenty-one, up to seventy, provided the right man proposed and no family duties stood in the way. All depends on God’s good Providence. He may see fit that you should never marry. SCOTCH LASSIE.—We do not see that you were rendered more liable to the complaint you name on account of having a bad digestion. TOPSY TURVEY.—Yes, there are luminous plants, which give a phosphorescent light. The root-stock of a jungle orchid becomes luminous when wetted; wrapped in a piece of damp cloth, in an hour’s time it becomes very bright. A certain member of the fungi family, which, if you have a damp cellar, may be found growing on the walls, is known to emit so much light as to enable you to read without other means. The nasturtium, double marigold, and hairy red poppy and potatoes, when in process of decomposition, are all phosphorescent, more especially the latter.